Holiday movies 2012: 24 films that will get us to the theater

CaptionHoliday movies 2012

Warner Bros., The Weinstein Co., 20th Century Fox, Focus Features

Need a break from shopping, cooking, family get-togethers or endless repetitions of "All I Want For Christmas Is You"? Hollywood has your back. This is prime movie-going season, and the studios have a little something for everyone. Looking for some high-octane escapism? Tom Cruise is happy to...

Need a break from shopping, cooking, family get-togethers or endless repetitions of "All I Want For Christmas Is You"? Hollywood has your back. This is prime movie-going season, and the studios have a little something for everyone. Looking for some high-octane escapism? Tom Cruise is happy to... (Warner Bros., The Weinstein Co., 20th Century Fox, Focus Features)

Release date: Nov. 16 Blockbuster, Oscar bait or something else? Oscar bait, and maybe a blockbuster too "Lincoln" opened in a handful of theaters on Nov. 9, but it expands nationwide on the 16th. Steven Spielberg's film has won mostly great reviews for its tight focus -- it covers the last fe

Release date: Nov. 16 Blockbuster, Oscar bait or something else? Oscar bait, and maybe a blockbuster too "Lincoln" opened in a handful of theaters on Nov. 9, but it expands nationwide on the 16th. Steven Spielberg's film has won mostly great reviews for its tight focus -- it covers the last fe (Touchstone Pictures)

Release date: Nov. 16 (limited); Nov. 21 (wide) Blockbuster, Oscar bait or something else? Oscar bait "The Hunger Games" made Jennifer Lawrence a star, and now this offbeat romantic comedy could make her an Oscar winner, if early buzz is to be believed. The recipient of the Toronto Fil

Release date: Nov. 16 (limited); Nov. 21 (wide) Blockbuster, Oscar bait or something else? Oscar bait "The Hunger Games" made Jennifer Lawrence a star, and now this offbeat romantic comedy could make her an Oscar winner, if early buzz is to be believed. The recipient of the Toronto Fil (The Weinstein Co.)